Too many teachers don't know much about history. I remember when in school during the early to mid 90s, we never got history about our country. It was always something like Germany, Luftwaffe.
Social Media getting a bit...overbearing.
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Too many teachers don't know much about history. I remember when in school during the early to mid 90s, we never got history about our country. It was always something like Germany, Luftwaffe.
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So Nigel Farage has been let go from LBC for his comments on BLM being anti police and anti capitalist. Yeah where on earth would he get something like that....
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ukblm-fund
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ukblm-fund
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I dont know much about why he was let go but if it was specifically for those comments, then considering they are right there on the blm go fund me page, in what way is it justified?
A GoFundMe page can be started by anybody. I would make the reasonable assumption that one that starts with "Yo Family" is not official in any capacity so I'm not sure what you're getting your knickers in a bunch about.
Social media (Faceache especially) is steadily going down the pan, it seems to increasingly be just a place for morons to expand and share their stupidity.
Personal attack - ban!
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Considering it has raised £844k in all likelihood it is legitimate. If it contained positions they do not hold it would likely be swiftly corrected too.
Okay so lets look at their position on their website.
https://blacklivesmatter.com/news/
So defund the police to take one point. (See link above) This is obviously anti police so in what way was Farage incorrect on this?
Okay so lets look at their position on their website.
https://blacklivesmatter.com/news/
So defund the police to take one point. (See link above) This is obviously anti police so in what way was Farage incorrect on this?
Is this website anything to do with the people claiming to be BLM UK? People seem to be conflating the two. They don't seem to be related.
Stations like LBC are heavily dependant on advertising revenue and having a presenter that is critical of the protests or the movement is going to get removed to protect commercial interests.
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I dont see why they wouldn't be related. There must be many parallels and wouldnt expect most to be aware of any differences.
Well if radio hosts responsible for guiding the nations conversations are subject to commercial interests we will be left with a narrow range of subjects to discuss. Meh LBC is crap anyway.
Well if radio hosts responsible for guiding the nations conversations are subject to commercial interests we will be left with a narrow range of subjects to discuss. Meh LBC is crap anyway.
I could make my own BLM London page and no one would be none the wiser. You're trying to link two different groups because the name is similar.
So is Farage.
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Calling someone a **** online is extremely childish.
I used that word 25 years ago. It’s not a new word and only kids use it.
I used that word 25 years ago. It’s not a new word and only kids use it.
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So its fair to say Farage was accurate about BLM in the US but not about the UK group with respect to the anti police statement? If so is that really such an issue? LBC obviously wanted shot regardless and this was a good enough reason.
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It was basically the " hell my black friend" right?
Oh no I know which one now, It was the coffee lady at the airport.
That was bloody funny though, as was Tarj Mansoor or what ever his name was.
Little Britain took the **** out of stereotypes and made a point to take the **** out of racism too.
I don't agree any of these shows should be taken down.
Whats the problem? Their site, their rules.
Not dissimilar to here. You can't insult people or talk about competitiors etc.
Nothing is stopping you making your own app and calling your friend a **** on that.
Other people's websites don't owe you anything, and can decide what is and isn't posted on them (within the law obviously).
Not dissimilar to here. You can't insult people or talk about competitiors etc.
Nothing is stopping you making your own app and calling your friend a **** on that.
Other people's websites don't owe you anything, and can decide what is and isn't posted on them (within the law obviously).
I'm seeing more and more backlash against BLM from black communities tired of them exploiting their experiences of past racism and labelling them as oppressed victims. BLM must think black people are stupid if they don't think their hypocrisy and motives aren't transparent, they don't care about black lives unless there is a white person involved, they do nothing for the black community other than destroy it with riots and create divisions. Now their poisonous racism has spread to the UK our weak police response to the terrorists has resulted in what can only be described as a race war with BLM and white nationalists, two sides of the same coin.
So you're denying the masses of black people speaking out against BLM just because you haven't seen action yet, that's pretty bigoted.
I'm questioning the role of selection bias in the place of a meaningful trend, especially if it is based on what one has witnessed on social media, that's all. If there's a real shift in said communities, then it'll show itself the only way it can, which is at the ballot box. It seems like a meaningful and reasonable metric to me, I am unaware of any continuous polling on the matter.
Honestly, it is just a matter of reticence, I don't mean ill by it.